LDAP authentication backend

Presentation

LDAP is the default (and historical) authentication backend. It will do the following LDAP operations:
  1. Bind with managerDN
  2. Search for user in directory with authFilter to get DN associated with the posted login
  3. Bind with found DN and posted password
LDAP authentication backend is compatible with LDAP Password Policy.

Configuration

Set the authentication backend:
authentication => LDAP,


If no authentication backend is configured, LDAP is chosen by default.

You can use the following parameters, in Manager or in portal/index.pl:

Specific configuration for Active Directory



For Active Directory, you have to use a specific filter like:
AuthLDAPFilter => '(&(sAMAccountName=$user)(objectClass=person))',


Active Directory does not support LDAP Password Policy.

See also